and so the chinese communist party is cracking down. we have been witnessing it just in recent hours. this new so-called national security law is unilaterally imposed on the people of hong kong without any input of the people of hong kong, and that is in direct contravention to chinese commitments to hong kong and the international community. the law was also purposefully written in a very vague and ambiguous manner, designed to essentially criminalize any behavior or speech on the part of a resident of hong kong that the chinese communist party does not approve of. now, the law may be ambiguous, but the message behind it is not. if a 19-year-old can now be imprisoned for having a sticker on his phone or a 15-year-old girl can be imprisoned for having a flag, then no one is safe, and that's the message that beijing wants to send to the people of hong kong. we can arrest you. we can imprison you if you misbehave, so think twice about what you say, where you go, with whom you meet, what you read, what you write, maybe even think twice abo

this is a result of the chinese communist party hiding the data. countries that want to be global powers, countries that want to participate on the global stage have a corresponding obligation to comply to the promises they make. china made a promise to the who. there are a set of rules about disclosure. when you have any incident in your country that could potentially lead to a pandemic, you have an obligation to that and allow others to come in and help you talk about it. the chinese communist party co-opted the world health organization that cover-up most up the result today as with hundred of thousands of people have died angeles of dollars in global damage as a druze i -- direct result of the chinese commonest party's decision. -- communist party's decision hiding their knowledge of what was happening and what on. >> should china pay a price for that? >> i think the world will make them pay a price. everywhere you go, they recognize what china has done to the world. i'm confident the world will look at china differently and engage with them on

and yet for years maybe because of this chinese communist party has pursued a systematic campaign to snuff out these basic freedoms in hong kong and bring the people who live there into light by the intensity of the chinese come his party's aggression appears to be growing bypp the day. the campaign shouldn't be very surprising bridges look at the recent actions the general societal actions towards the uyghurs in xinjiang or the aggressive action towards neighboring countries in the south china sea or tour the entire world since the covid-19 virus and the chinese government lied to us about his nature but by the middle principles such as freedom,uh trans. that just blew -- rule of law are antithetical to the core of the chinese communist party's mission and i think several years and now we are going to look back on july 1 at 2020 as a milestone in the chinese come hise party's aggression and hostility toward hong kong. dayesterday mr. president was te first day the chinese come his party and so-called national security law went into effect. news reports described the law as quote tail

the world democracies understand with the chinese communist party is doing. we will make sure to take care of those freedom fighters who want to travel who don't feel like they are safe and can continue to do good work inside hong kong or any other country, for that matter. >>on the coronavirus, how sure are you that it originated from a lab in wuhan? and what is the proof of that? >>what i can say is we know this much, we know it began in wuhan, china. the scientific community is quite confident of that. we don't know precisely from where it imitated. cash emanated. there's evidence that it came from a laboratory and others they came from elsewhere. idling, we know this, the chinese communist party has prevented anyone from finding out the answer to that question. they denied access to the laboratory. anyone who wanted to talk about it that was inside that laboratory, whether they were a journalist or doctor, has been precluded from talking about that. they have either been told they can't talk or worse. indeed, the scientific community who desperately still

it was used to put sort of top leaders of the communist party of the united states in jail. top leaders, who by the way, are operating foreign parties, cpusa, its top leaders are controlled from moscow. party lines controlled from maus c cow, to be sure, but this rollback in legal powers leads to the creation of this counterintelligence program. hoover's memo creating cointelpro calls for actions to negate the communist party's, quote, influence over the masses, ability to create controversy leading to confusion and disunity, penetration of specific channels in american life where public opinion is molded, and espionage and sabotage potential. of those, the last two are illegal. espionage and sabotage. but influence over the masses, ability to create controversy, penetration of specific channels of american life where public opinion is molded, you may find the ideas of the communist party to be reprehensible, nonetheless, those are not specifically illegal things. the objective here is to destroy the communist party for its political activities. cointelpro is effective at doi

the chinese communist party is a one party rule.the chinese communist party as the head of state for china. we need to. we need to engage in dialog, but it seems to me we would dishonor ourselves and the people of china if we ignored them. >> ambassador bryan referenced, put heavy emphasis on ideology. marxism. it was almost quaint to hear that conversation again. it has gone from our vocabulary. the american people and especially american immediate need to reacquaint itself with what marxist-leninist leave, because the ccp jen genuinely does believe. it >> i always get in trouble with you when i comment on the media. i will say this much. for those of us who have lived and seen or observe observed marxist-leninist as well. they believe -- they have an understanding, a central understanding of how people interact in our societies and how they ought to interact. it is the case today, that leadership in china believes that. we should acknowledge that and make sure that we do not for a moment think that they do not believe it. it is wh

the chinese communist party is one party rule so we will deal with the chinese communist party is headue but it seems we would dishonor ourselves. >> you put heavy emphasis on the ideology of marxist leninism. to hear that conversation again, the american media need to reacquaint itself because the ccp genuinely does believe it? >> i always get trouble with your when i comment on the media. i will say this much. for those of us who have lived and observed other marxist-leninist nations and have seen an understanding of how people interact in society out to interact, the leadership of china believes we should acknowledge that. we should make sure we don't for a moment think they don't believe it. that is what ambassador ryan's speech was about. we have to respond in a way that reflects our understanding of the way they view the world. >> let's talk about the chinese media, they are aggressively defending tick-tock. a small question within a large question. is tick-tock capable of being weapon eyes to? is that what is going on? and chinese media has become far more aggressive than i have

that has a huge effect on turning people away from the communist party. nonetheless, hoover's obsession with the party keeps this going long past the point where cpp usa is relevant, there is some substantial dissent among the fbi in the sixties because who will not look this go even though the party is well past the point where it poses any remotely conceivable threats to the united states. tactics for attacking cpusa include smear attacks to the media, planting evidence to to suggest party leaders are formats. planting evidence and hoping that somebody else comes along and sees it and believes that their co-leaders are actually an fbi for meant, greeting a fake communist party organization to attack the party for remarks this left in to further internal disputes. communists ask are you a marxist marxist or a trotsky-ite,, they create those organizations to foster that kind of descent. my personal favorite of these, operation hoodwink, the sense false documents to provoke a fight between the communist party and this is silly montoya. the fbi is well aware

i am on the senate floor and with my colleagues came here to condemn the chinese communist party's actions the efforts to swallow hong kong into the mainland and silence the dissent but i'm also here to do something about that. for decades hong kong has been one of the most successful on the planet, and indispensable partner. hong kong has enjoyed a vibrant free press, free speech, freedom to worship within independent judiciary and partially democratic electrical representative. one of the freest places in asia and because of the freedoms of the entrepreneurial spirit it is one of the most successful and vibrant city is that there has ever been. and yet for gears maybe because of this the aggressive action towards the neighboring countries in the south china sea the freedom and transparency of these ideas are entirely empathetic cults at the core of the chinese communist party's mission and i think several years from now we will look back on july 1 of 2020 is a milestone in the aggression and hostility the communist party is end of a national security law went into effect the news reports

i saw this morning preparing the communist party if there is apart from the party this is meant to antagonizee. quite a stance to take unless the goal is to ensure diplomacy fails. is that your goal? >> here's where i will begin. it's a bit patronizing to the people of china to make such assertions that they are not rational people who were given -- they were made in the image of god but they have all the capacity anybody in the world does, so to somehow think the people of china it seems to me the wrong approach. we will deal with the chinese communist party as the head of state or china but it seems to me we would dishonor ourselves and the people of china if we ignored them. there is the ideology of the marxist leninism carried a it's gone from our vocabulary. i get in trouble with you when i comment on the media. they believe they have a central understanding of how people interact and how society is about to interact and it is the case that they believe we should acknowledge that we have to respond in a way that reflects our understanding in the way they view the world. >> i want to talk

that information will be in the hands of the chinese communist party the chinese communist party deems it necessary to have that information. and wu wei is a legal obligation to provide it to them. that is different than a thing anyplace else in the i world. ldcertainly any nice to have the capacity to have this muchfr infrastructure inside western democracies telecommunication system for it is simplyel unacceptable. bojan pancevski: a bunch of china questions for ian. this one is from chris. his asking whether any shared interest with china can be pursued in parallel to maybe contain china and redefined yearly relationship. enter the moderator, is t there anything you can add as an incentive to the europeans to come along with you on this journey. because of our, it seems there's little friction and doesn't seem to have been very effective. is there any incentive the duke ashley could offer to them. mike pompeo: thank europeans have every advantage to do precisely what it is the united states is doing. which is to protect all people rated to demand reprocessed and demand treat fair tr

we want every nation to work together to push back against the chinese communist party's efforts in every dimension that i described to you today. that certainly includes the united kingdom. this includes every country. we hope we can build out a coalition that understands this threat and to more collectively convince the chinese communist party it is not in their best interests to engage in this kind of behavior. reporter: mr. secretary, mr. pompeo, what is the ultimate goal -- [indiscernible] doesn't want to make certain reforms? -- does it want to make certain reforms? [indiscernible] sec. pompeo: i will take your question too. [laughter] we focus on all parties. the reality is a result of u.s. sanctions. we have a clear-sighted perspective in what that means. we have taken a decision based on that. mike and i always have constructive discussions and the vast majority of the time we worked together very well, as we have with our partners in hong kong, as you can see from the measures we have taken. sec. pompeo: the prime minister's decision was reflected in what he thinks is best for t

in the chinese communist party steal that property from americans. lord every nation to work against that kind of activity. it is not about that. we want every nation to work together. in every dimension that i described today. and it certainly includes the united kingdom, every country. we hope we can build out a coalition understands the threat and collectively convince the chinese communist party is not in their best be interest to conduct in this behavior. reporter: the ultimate call. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. >> as a result of the sanctions, it is clear in perspective and with the means and we make a decision based on that. actually, we work together very well. and i think you can see that. >> the prime minister's decision was reflective of what was the best interest and that people in the united kingdom. and i have absolutely no doubt about that. we had a number of conversations in the run range of issues about all of which we agree on and we come to the same conclusion about. i think he made it good decision. i think that decision was made not

it was used to put top leaders of the communist party in jail. leaders, by the way, who were operating for a foreign party. but this rollback leads to the creation of this program. hoover's calls for actions over "influence over the masses, information leading to confusion and disunity, penetration of specific channels in human life, espionage, and sabotage potential." of those, the last two are illegal, but influence over the masses, ability to create controversy, penetration of specific channels of american life where public opinion is molded, you may find the ideas of the communist party to be reprehensible, nonetheless, those are not specifically illegal things. it effectively destroys what remains of the communist party. from 1966 to 1971 there are 1,388 actions against the communist party. it dropped to maybe 1,000 active members in the '60s. large part of that is due to legal measures used against the party. they take a huge hit in 1956 when khruschev comes to power in the soviet union. he was a monster who conducted show trials of politica

that has a huge effect turning people away from the communist party. nonetheless his obsession with the party keeps it going long past the point where it poses any remotely conceivable threat to the united states. planting evidence to suggest party leaders are informants, right? plant evidence and hope somebody comes along and leaves they are an fbi informant, creating a fake communist party organization to attack marxist or a trotsky-ite, they foster that descent. operation hoodwink, send false documents to provoke a fight between the communist party and the sicilian mafia. the fbi is well aware of how cosa nostra deals with threats. here is their suggestion how to deal with this. this is an agent requesting bureau permission -- mailed to the same teamster union locals in the philadelphia area. "dear union boss, i am the loyal union man who wrote you in january. i have more news from you. you will remember that i told you i heard from my commie brother-in-law. among the instructions was trying to get rid of the hoodlums and undocumented in this country

it's the chief goal of the chinese communist party.e cannot fight in a partisan way, a house divided against itself cannot stand. this nation is in the fight of its life with the chinese communist party that in addition to the virus ripped us off for decades. last week attorney general william par delivered one of the most powerful speeches of a rising china ever delivered by an american official. >> china's communist communist perfected a wide array of predatory and often unlawful tactics, currency manipulation. tariffs, quotas, state-led strategic investment and acquisition, theft and forced transfer of intellectual property, state subjects does, dumping, cyber attacks and industrial espindustrial d espi. alleged conduct undertaken for the benefit of the chinese state. and 60% of all trade secret theft cases have been connected to china. judge jeanine: we heard about this for years from president trump. free trade in a friendly america that previously aloud a mercantilist authoritarian china to cues bangs and financial markets in hon

i am talking about distinction is between the government and the chinese communist party, between civilian and military sectors, between the state and the private sector. for one thing, an awful lot of large chinese businesses are state owned enterprises, literally owned by the government and thus the party. even if they are not, chinese laws allow its government to compel any chinese company to provide any information it requests, including american citizens' data. on top of that, chinese companies of any size are legally required to have communist party cells inside of them to keep them in line. communist party cells have reportedly been established in some american companies operating in china as the cost of doing business there. these kinds of features should give u.s. companies pause when they consider working with chinese corporations like huawei, and they should give all americans pause when relying on such a company's devices and networks. it has been charged in the united states with racketeering conspiracy and has, as alleged in the indictment, repeatedly stolen intellectual prop

this is a result of the chinese communist party fighting to data. you know that fall prey to countries that want to be global powers. they have a corresponding obligation comply to the promises they make credit china made it promise to the world health organization. we have an incident in a country that can turn into a pandemic you have an obligation to report that and allow others to come and help you. and be transferred to another pretty chinese communist party chose differently. and the results today as we have hundreds of thousands of people who have died and trillions of dollars in global damage. as a direct result of the chinese communist party's decision and the results following their knowledge about what was happening and wuhan. bob: should china pay a price for that financially or otherwise. sec. of state mike pompeo: i think the world will absolutely make them pay for it. every foreign minister i talked to, they recognize what china has into the world. i'm very confident that they in the world will look at china differently. and fundament

it is not you have to choose business over confronting the chinese communist party. indeed, confronting the chinese communist party creates the opportunity for increased wealth creation in europe and in the united states of america. and so the last thing to say about this is recall that china needs markets, too. this is what president trump figured out that frankly no president had been willing to undertake before. was that china needs access to western knowledge, western know-how. we need to make sure they do that through the system of the rules-based order that has served the trans-atlantic so well for all of these years. and so i think the people of europe will demand the same thing that the people of the united states of america are demanding. is that we no longer allow the chinese communist party to dictate the rules and terms and conditions of those relationships when they're not fair and equitable to our peoples. that's what president trump has been seeking. i'm confident that's what the europeans will seek from their leaders as well. >> thank you. and if we g

the president has a coherent plan against the chinese communist party.of treasury to join in there and treasury to start to drop the hammer, but you've seen a coherent war plan. i think you've just got to get that same level of coherence on the chinese virus that's here , the ccp virus that has come to the united states and i think if you do that things will come together and i don't think joe biden has an answer. so far its been virtually in coherent. maria: yeah, i want to come back to the china story in a second but who do you think joe biden will choose as his vice presidential candidate? >> well i think the polling internal to biden the number one thing they're looking at is somebody that can't throw him off the where he's going right now so i think whether it's elizabeth warren, kamala harris, i think they're looking at a number of candidates. i don't think it's going to matter at the end of the day who his vp is because joe biden is the one that will get smoked out if president trump continues to drive action that biden is going to be smoked out a

had better get their own house in order. >> reporter: as wolf warrior diplomacy projects the communist partyxternally, xi jinping's china increases the party's primacy internally. >> ( speaking in chineser: ) >> reporong cheng works for the medical and high-tech company tidal star and leads the company's party committee. >> ( translated ): today, we're going to study an article. please open the app "study xi, strengthen china." >> reporter: this is tidal's stararty room, where xi jinping thought is written on the wall and employees are fed a daily diet if xi jinping and communist party thought on their phones. rich content and tupdates.p has it not only leads our company in long-term development, it also provides guidance to our daily works. communist party grinrole of the china, including in private companies like this one? >> ( translated ):he party committee was started in 2009. since it was estabshed we've achieved many positive results-- uniting our employees,athering our strength, and promoting our company's development. >> reporter: but thousands of miles away, in hong kong, submittin

the stability of the communist party. if thetability of the party were to be eroded, then there would be chaos. >> that's the myth by the chinese communist party control the people. x thjinping does not care how the world look at him. he had one wld perspective is that, you know, the china should be in the center of the world. he want to be that sort of ator. he feels that he can sort of, u know, command his-- his own power and conquer the world or make the world submit to his will. >> reporter: inside mainlandti agina, few cri are willing last year, we met ception. in the only place he felt comfortable: our hiael room. histzhang lifan wouldn't use xi jinping's name. >> ( translated ): because the communist party of china is unchecked, cruption is widespread within the system. so, if he wants get rid of opponents, he can easily do so by finding evidence of their corruption. therefore, he was able to purge many political opponents with an unstoppable force. >> reporter: as many as two million party members ha been investig

my parents were both members of the french communist party. they decided to go to china to give the full support of the country. in 1051 family boarded a cruise ship and moved to china. leone's experience as an architect in france was valued highly he played a central role in beijing's urban planning designing a hospital highway bridges and many other structures. in there my mother worked at china radio international and became a pioneer of the french broadcasting establishment. the family's happy life soon came to an end in 1957 months father was caught up in an unforeseen development which units are the vehicle which we yet for my father pointed out that beijing city hall was 2 luxury s. . in addition he submitted his opinion to the beijing institute of architectural design. all he did was provide advice on technical issues but it resulted in him being put before a kangaroo court so the ego. at the time china was engaged in an anti rightist movement scholars and intellectuals who criticized the communists were branded as members of the right

that would be bad enough but the chinese communist party doesn't stop there. it can't stop there if it wants to stay in power so it uses its leverage even more perniciously. it in china's more direct over influence campaign doesn't do the trick they sometimes turn to indirect, covert deceptive influence efforts so to continue with the illustration of the american official travel plans that the chinese communist party doesn't like china will work relentlessly to identify the people closest to that official. the people that official trusts the most. china will then work to influence those people toact on china's behalf as middlemen to influence the official . the co-opted middlemen they then whispered in the officials here and try to sway travel plans or public positions on t chinese policy. these intermediaries of course are telling the american official they are chinese communist party ponds and worse still some of these intermediaries may not even realize they are being used as pawns as they too have been deceived. ultimately china doesn't hesitate to use smo

it's with the communist party.there's a statement from the administration here dated may 26th, 2020. it says we do not seek to contain china's development, nor do we wish to disengage from the chinese people. can you articulate what threats the chinese party represents to our democracy and our freedoms here, and what are we doing to the chinese strategy as we try to manage during your administration here as we try to manage this turn in our relationship with china, to confront them, to stand up to them, but also to protect our freedoms here at home? >> senator, there are multiple fronts to this. and these aren't created by the department of state. they're created by what the chinese communist party says, to your point. president trump recognized that. he talked about it in his campaign, as far back as 2015. we have to get this imbalance corrected. and when we do, there will be costs associated with that. we have got the largest increase in our military build-up that president trump has led. we're very focused on an

when you see with the chinese communist party has done and another set of promises that they made to world about their responsibility as the pandemic began to break out in the country, the cover-up took place, you can understand why a trade deal like the phase one trade deal no longer ranks first among all the various issues we have with the chinese communist party. we see trillions of dollars in economic destruction wrought on this world because the chinese communist party failed to live up to some basic commitments to the world. >> martha: you made a very strong appeal to the chinese people in this speech, calling on them to call for a new form of government in china. are you encouraging them towards regime change? you said that we would encourage and empower, engage and empower, how will we do that ? how will we play that role? what would that look like? >> i talked about several things, 1.4 billion chinese people and what i wanted to make clear, we wanted good things for them. we think that's a good thing, we are trying to contain the prosperity for the people of china. that is t

but the communist party regulated the media so the public was initially unaware of the situation. in 1962 the party leadership assessed the progress of the great leap forward. she was heir apparent inspected the grim reality of rural areas and admitted the party's failure. you reintroduced some capitalist policies that mao had a limited. amount of fear that this failure could be used to undermine his authority the result was the cultural revolution shortly after the founding of the people's republic in 1949 the communist party had also set up a nationwide youth organization called the young pioneers it sought to train the new generation to become the communist leaders of the future joining the young pioneers was effectively mandatory for schoolchildren and their red neckerchief remains to this day a symbol of pride and belonging. i was told that it was part of the national flag almost died in the blood of the motss of the revolution. my parents were very happy that i joined tonight took me on a trip to the great wall with you. when i wore my red scarf and i felt really on a. in 19

and yet for years, maybe because of this, the chinese communist party has pursued a systematic campaign to snuff out these basic freedoms in hong kong and bring the hong kongers who live there into line. and the intensity of the chinese communist aggression appears to be growing by the day. their campaign shouldn't be very surprising. just look at the recent actions, the genocidal action towards the we juries, or the aggressive action towards neighboring countries in the south china sea or toward the entire world since the covid-19 virus was first detected in wuhan. the just rule of law, these ideas are entirely antithetical to the core of the chinese communist party's commission. i think several years from now we will look back on july 1 of 2020 as a milestone in the chinese communist party's aggression and hostility towards hong kong. yesterday, mr. president, was the first day of the chinese communist party's new so-called national security law went into effect. news reports described the law as, quote, tailor-made to bring hong kong's pro-democracy movement to heel. this picture was

you don't love the communist party.u abide by it because it is powerful and it controls you but you don't love it. legitimacy, true legitimacy comes from the heart and that is what they are afraid of. something that touches the heart and through the heart, the sense of right and wrong and decency, what would challenge even the idea of a communist party or totalitarianism or the kind of surveillance state they developed, anything that challenges that even in a poetic way will make them crazy. >> i agree with you, how small is it to be worried about the japanese or taiwanese flag but even something as small as that is something filmmakers were willing to submit themselves to. i agree with you on the dalai lama and appreciate my other formulations committee, what you've done in your long quest to have the recognition and freedom of the dalai lama to do what he does as a spiritual leader of so many but this is what we know the chinese are and what they do. i'm concerned about their influence over us. i look at the fact that

and i don't think people quite realise how fragile the communist party regime fears itself to be. only one step removed from public protest and public disorder. on 12th january, in the city of shenzhen, a family was diagnosed with the new coronavirus by eminent doctor kwok—yung yuen. only some of them had been to wuhan. professor yuen was one of the scientists who identified sars 17 years ago. he knew family clusters signalled human transmission and that a pandemic was now a real danger. i have the experience of diagnosing cases in shenzhen. i know how efficient the virus was spreading and i know that it is acquired in hospital and i know that it can go, er, with people by flights from one city to thousands of miles away. but china didn't tell its public — or the rest of the world — for another critical week, in which the virus was free to spread inside the country and beyond. tv: thailand has reported the first case of the wuhan coronavirus found outside of china. once there is a case abroad then the whole propaganda has to deal with that. it's going to come out. if it's going to

it's with the communist party. there's a statement from the administration here dated may 26th, 2020. it says we do not seek to contain china's development, nor do we wish to disengage from the chinese people. can you articulate what threats the chinese party represents to our democracy and our freedoms here, and what are we doing to the chinese strategy as we try to manage during your administration here as we try to manage this turn in our relationship with china, to confront them, to stand up to them, but also to protect our freedoms here at home? >> senator, there are multiple fronts to this. and these aren't created by the department of state. they're created by what the chinese communist party says, to your point. president trump recognized that. he talked about it in his campaign, as far back as 2015. we have to get this imbalance corrected. and when we do, there will be costs associated with that. we have got the largest increase in our military build-up that president trump has led. we're very focused on a

and the main issue in foreign policy for china is for the communist party to stay in power. the communist party which for example that is one of the reasons why we're facing all these problems today with the pandemic, the communist party tried to stop the brave doctors this wuhan telling the world what was going on with the aw l coronavirus. a very brave man dying as a result of the virus. and so if you want to know what china has contributed to the world, of course chinese growth has been on the whole a good thing. but it has also contributed awful things relentless attack on liberal democracy and anybody who believes in a free press, free media like you and of course like sars, the coronavirus pandemic is partly a consequence of the way that the chinese communist party works. it is not china that is the problem, it is the chinese communist party that is the problem. >> and on that note, i will remind our audience that these are your views and not necessarily cnbc's views we appreciate the conversation and i want to ask you the implications of huawei clearly part of the inf

us how is it doing so so the main argument that we're making and that book is that the chinese communist party has the term and it needs to reshape the world in order to feel safer and to make it safer for its long term regime security at home so it's motivated by wanting to stay in power in china but the idea it's all about the chinese communist party not the chinese people absolutely and that's a distinction that we also make quite clearly in the book it's important to distinguish between the 2 because they often get conflated and then we talk about stuff like chinese influence chinese and if you're ins which makes it seem like this is a thing that is really about all chinese people which it's not it's about a party it's a fairly large party but it really is the strategy that we're seeing right now is based according as it's done according to the strategies of the party and it's based on the interests of the party which really is to shore up security in the long run by reshaping the world to accord more with its own rules that how ok so it wants to see a world where chinese to booze are enfo

we cannot let chinese communist party use hong kong anymore to attack the american economy, so that's coming. the other thing that's on the table that we need to talk about is this whole tik tok wechat social media thing. here is the thing, maria. what the american people have to understand is all of the data that goes into those mobile apps that kids have so much fun with and seem so convenient it goes right to servers in china, right to the chinese military, the chinese communist party, and the agency which want to steal our intellectual property. those apps can be used for personal and financial information for exorganization, they can be used to steal business, intellectual property so it's the worst thing they use them for besides surveiling and tracking americans, the worst thing they do is engage in information warfare against the american people, against this president. the chinese communist party wants joe biden more than anything right now, and the american people should not be subject to information warfare. the other thing about tik tok for example, and wechat, this is rea